ANTIDOTE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ANTIDOTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTIDOTE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTIDOTE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTIDOTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTIDOTE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANTIDOTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTIDOTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTIDOTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A medicine or substance that counteracts a poison.
Beyond the pharmacy, an antidote is anything that cures a bad mood or situation. People talk of laughter as an antidote to stress, or of fresh facts as an antidote to rumour.
How ANTIDOTE is used
Antidote is used literally for poisons and figuratively for any remedy against something unpleasant.
- The hospital keeps an antidote for snake venom.
- A long walk is the best antidote to a day at a desk.
- Good humour proved an antidote to the gloomy mood in the room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTIDOTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANTIDOTE
The 8 tiles of ANTIDOTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ANTIDOTE
2 longer words begin with ANTIDOTE.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTIDOTE
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Common questions about ANTIDOTE
- Is ANTIDOTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTIDOTE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTIDOTE worth?
- ANTIDOTE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTIDOTE mean?
- A medicine or substance that counteracts a poison.
- What letters can be added to ANTIDOTE?
- ANTIDOTE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANTIDOTE:
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